Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America

In 1996 Amy Goodman started a radio show called Democracy Now! to focus on the issues that are underreported or ignored by mainstream news coverage. Shortly after September 11, 2001, they were broadcasting on television every weekday. Today it is the only public media in the US that airs simultaneously on satellite and cable television, radio, and the Internet. Now Amy and her journalist brother, David, share stories of the progressive heroes - the whistleblowers, the organizers, the protestors - who have brought about remarkable, often invisible change.

The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them

In The Exception to the Rulers, award-winning journalists Amy and David Goodman expose the lies, corruption, and crimes of the power elite, an elite bolstered by large media conglomerates. Her goal is “to go where the silence is, to give voice to the silenced majority.” This audiobook includes numerous archival audio excerpts, including statements from filmmaker Michael Moore, civil liberties victims describing their harrowing ordeals in the United States after 9/11, and more.

Writers as Activists (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

De Blasio, Echoing Cuomo, Vows to Shield New Yorkers From Trump’s Policies

"De Blasio, Echoing Cuomo, Vows to Shield New Yorkers From Trump’s Policies" is from the November 21, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by J. David Goodman and narrated by Caroline Miller.